Dennis Sawyer Movies

A discussion about the effects of welfare on Fogo Island residents.

This film is a reconstruction of Robert Baldwin’s involvement in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Though bound to the cause of...

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their concerns. This film discusses efforts to...

This short documentary showcases the best of the 1967 National Hockey League season, set to music in the Tijuana Brass style. Filmed with an eye to...

Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on his family: Haji Omar,...

Nuclear power plants are not exactly sold on the same scale as wheat, but that they can be manufactured as an exportable commodity is well...

This short documentary features Newfoundland fisherman Billy Crane, who speaks frankly on the state of the inshore fishery and how the lack of...

The Games included many sports seen in Olympic competition, plus others--for example, pirautaqturniq, the Inuit skill of hitting an object with a ten...

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film discusses...

By using film as a catalyst for change, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film shows how one of the...

Individuals who have moved away from Fogo Island express their opinions on the life and problems of the Island.

A record of the founding meeting of the Fogo Island Ship Building and Producer Co-operative.

A film record, suitable for schools, of the war years of 1939 to 1945, showing major developments from the rise of Nazism in Germany to the first...

A discussion of the problems and efficacy of a fishermen's cooperative.

This short film presents a discussion about the role of merchants on Fogo Island, and of the feasibility of cooperatives.

A rollicking Newfoundland party on Fogo Island.

The story of how one Fogo Island family managed to raise an old passenger boat from where it had been sitting for four years, and to renovate it for...

This short animated film is about Wop May, one of Canada's leading bush pilots in the 1920s.

A discussion about Fogo Island fishing, with some criticisms of the longliners.

The Mercer family discusses the pressures that force the young people to leave Fogo Island and their families.